Slogans like “We want justice” echoed through the air as thousands of doctors from major hospitals staged a sit-in protest outside the Nirman Bhawan on Friday, demanding safety for medics and justice for the trainee doctor who was raped and brutally murdered in Kolkata.
The Maulana Azad Road was blocked as a large number of doctors protested there, with some wearing black bands on their sleeves.
Hundreds were seen holding posters and Mansi, a female doctor from Lady Hardinge Medical College, held one that read, “Where can we go just to be safe?” “She was at her workplace when she was raped and murdered. We are not safe on the road, and some are not safe even in their homes,” Mansi said.
Later in the afternoon, the protesters sat on the road, completely blocking it, leading to diversion of traffic.
Resident doctors stood on the roadside outside the Nirman Bhawan, with a heavy presence of policemen who had barricaded both sides of the road.
-PTI